Take Note is new program offered by the Friends of Music to encourage the young audience to experience more live classical music. Concertgoers aged 15-35 may attend selected Friends of Music concerts for FREE! Please call the Friends of Music office for program exclusions and reservation information.

Ensemble Galilei •First Person: Seeing America
October 11, 2014, 8:00 p.m.(Frank Arts Center)Ensemble Galilei with Lily Knight, Rob Nagle, and photographs from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Founded in 1990, Ensemble Galilei features Celtic harp, fiddles, oboe, recorders, penny-whistle, viola da gamba, and percussion. Their repertoire ranges from Renaissance dance music, to baroque chaconnes, to Irish and Scottish jigs and reels, to music composed by the performers. Ensemble Galilei is one of the first groups in the nation to create and successfully tour projects that combine words, music, and images.
(Purchase Tickets)

Holiday Gala • Seasons of Light
December 6, 2014 7:30 p.m. orDecember 7, 2014, 3:00 p.m.(Frank Arts Center)
We welcome you to this warm, inspiring, and humorous holiday musical tradition at Shepherd University. Dr. Rob Tudor weaves stories and poetry about "light in a season of reflection" throughout history and culture with a rich tapestry of musical offerings by Department of Music Ensembles. (Purchase Tickets)